The Lantern Festival symbolizes reunion and is also an occasion for the whole family to gather together to eat, chat and watch the moon. In many regions, people consider the full moon of January as a late Tet holiday, so they are still busy wrapping banh chung, playing with peach blossoms and setting up a lavish feast. In particular, the offering tray to ancestors not only expresses gratitude but also prays for peace and good luck in the new year.
Offerings to ancestors not only express gratitude but also pray for peace and good luck in the new year.
Delicate vegetarian dishes
Depending on their own habits and needs, each family chooses to offer meat or vegetarian offerings. Nowadays, many families believe that the Lantern Festival, the beginning of the new year, is a day to avoid killing, so they eat vegetarian food to pray for luck and ward off bad luck for the whole year. In addition, approaching the trend of eating vegetarian food and offering vegetarian offerings has become a cultural beauty that has flourished in recent years, especially on important holidays such as the Full Moon Festival in January.
Offering vegetarian food on the full moon of January is not only an opportunity to enjoy light dishes, a chance to reflect on oneself, but also a way of life that perhaps no other culinary culture can do. Vegetarian dishes are mostly prepared from simple, plain, and extremely pure ingredients.
Depending on individual habits and needs, each family chooses to offer salty or vegetarian offerings.
It can be seen that Mother Nature has favored humans with many "delicious and strange things" from nature. Because each region has seasonal vegetables and fruits that are easy to find, easy to buy. Then, through skillful and delicate hands, a sumptuous vegetarian feast is prepared with delicious flavors that are not inferior to salty dishes.
Many families believe that the Lantern Festival, the first day of the new year, is a day to avoid killing, so they eat vegetarian food to pray for luck and ward off bad luck for the whole year.
Vegetarian offerings have become a flourishing cultural beauty in recent years, especially on important holidays such as the Full Moon Festival in January.
A vegetarian feast on the 15th day of the first lunar month is not only elaborate in the preparation method and the harmony of flavors, but also sophisticated in the presentation. It seems that the feast is also the presence of colors symbolizing the five elements: lotus seeds, white lotus root (metal element), green vegetables (wood element), black mushrooms (water element), red carrots (fire element) and yellow bamboo shoots (earth element).
Vegetarianism is a way to achieve purity and thus, vegetarian dishes are like the art of preparation to achieve balance, so that they are both beautiful and delicious while still exuding lightness and sophistication.
A vegetarian tray on the 15th day of the first lunar month is not only sophisticated in preparation and harmonious in flavor, but also sophisticated in presentation.
Unique modern vegetarian tray in 4.0 era
As the full moon day of January approaches, online vegetarian food is a keyword that is searched a lot on Google and the results are countless. To meet the needs of busy families, a series of restaurants selling online vegetarian food ordering services have been established, ensuring delicious and diverse flavors while being quick, convenient, and time-saving.
Talking to Travellive, Ms. Do Quyen - brand owner of the Chay Hanh Phuc restaurant chain said: "The market for ordering vegetarian meals online has been very popular for the past two or three years. However, this year 2024, the economy is a bit difficult, so it is not as crowded as last year."
According to Ms. Do Quyen, a vegetarian tray includes 5, 7, 9 to 12 dishes with prices ranging from 500,000 - 1,500,000 VND/tray. It is known that vegetarian trays are loved by many families and cost from 500,000 - 700,000 VND/tray. Because this tray has a moderate price, suitable for a small family of 4-6 people to eat with about 7 to 9 dishes.
As the full moon day of January approaches, online vegetarian food is a keyword searched a lot on Google and the results are countless.
Each tray of food is still full of traditional dishes for Tet holidays but is varied with vegetarian dishes such as sticky rice, banh chung, soup, stir-fried dishes, braised dishes, fried dishes, salads, fried spring rolls, vegetarian ham... In particular, the vegetarian food sets are also given meaningful names suitable for the family reunion atmosphere such as Love, Sum vay, An vui, Nhu y and Nguon loc...
To create a menu for a vegetarian tray, the store spends a month to come up with ideas and make a sample. After that, the problem is how to ensure that the food is always fresh, of good quality, beautifully presented and delivered on time during the preparation and processing process. Customers who want to shop for the full moon day of the first lunar month only need to order via Facebook, Zalo, phone... 1-2 hours in advance to have a vegetarian tray full of fresh flavors and eye-catching colors.
The online vegetarian tray ordering service was born to ensure delicious and diverse flavors while being quick, convenient, and time-saving.
Decoding the origin of Tet Nguyen Tieu
The full moon of January, also known as the Lantern Festival, originated in China and takes place on the 14th and 15th of the first lunar month. Many documents say that the Lantern Festival originated in the Western Han Dynasty (China).
The story tells of the palace maids who missed home every spring but could not go out to visit their families. At this time, a favorite minister of Emperor Wu of Han, Dongfang Shuo, was moved by the heart of the palace maid and helped her. He spread the news that Chang'an would be burned down by the Fire God, the king and the royal family should take refuge outside the palace, while inside the palace would be hung lanterns that faked fire scenes to trick the Fire God. After that, Emperor Wu of Han approved this plan.
The full moon of January, also known as the Lantern Festival, originated in China and takes place on the 14th and 15th of the first lunar month.
Since then, on the 15th day of the first lunar month every year, every household hangs lanterns. This custom has been widely passed down through many generations and spread to Vietnam. However, in our country, the Lantern Festival also has different variations compared to China.
